Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters
It is now established that microplastics are a pervasive presence in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The same is assumed to be true for nanoplastics but data are lacking due to technical difficulties associated with sample analysis. Here, we measured nanoplastics in waterbodies at two contrastin...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:27971 2023-05-15T15:04:19+02:00 Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters Materic, Dusan Peacock, Michael Dean, Joshua Futter, Martyn Maximov, Trofim Moldan, Filip Röckmann, Thomas Holzinger, Rupert 2022 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27971/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27971/1/materic-d-et-al-220523.pdf en eng eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27971/1/materic-d-et-al-220523.pdf Materic, Dusan and Peacock, Michael and Dean, Joshua and Futter, Martyn and Maximov, Trofim and Moldan, Filip and Röckmann, Thomas and Holzinger, Rupert (2022). Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters. Environmental Research Letters. 17 :5 , 054036 [Research article] Environmental Sciences (social aspects to be 507) Research article NonPeerReviewed 2022 ftslunivuppsala 2022-05-26T16:13:50Z It is now established that microplastics are a pervasive presence in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The same is assumed to be true for nanoplastics but data are lacking due to technical difficulties associated with sample analysis. Here, we measured nanoplastics in waterbodies at two contrasting sites: remote Siberian Arctic tundra and a forest landscape in southern Sweden. Nanoplastics were detected in all sampled Swedish lakes (n = 7) and streams (n = 4) (mean concentration = 563 mu g l(-1)) and four polymer types were identified (polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate). In Siberia nanoplastics were detected in 7/12 sampled lakes, ponds and surface flooding, but only two polymer types were detected (PVC and polystyrene) and concentrations were lower (mean 51 mu g l(-1)). Based on back-calculation of air mass trajectories and particle dispersion, we infer that nanoplastics arrive at both sites by aerial deposition from local and regional sources. Our results suggest that nanoplastics may be a near-ubiquitous presence even in remote ecosystems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra Siberia Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive Arctic |
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It is now established that microplastics are a pervasive presence in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The same is assumed to be true for nanoplastics but data are lacking due to technical difficulties associated with sample analysis. Here, we measured nanoplastics in waterbodies at two contrasting sites: remote Siberian Arctic tundra and a forest landscape in southern Sweden. Nanoplastics were detected in all sampled Swedish lakes (n = 7) and streams (n = 4) (mean concentration = 563 mu g l(-1)) and four polymer types were identified (polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate). In Siberia nanoplastics were detected in 7/12 sampled lakes, ponds and surface flooding, but only two polymer types were detected (PVC and polystyrene) and concentrations were lower (mean 51 mu g l(-1)). Based on back-calculation of air mass trajectories and particle dispersion, we infer that nanoplastics arrive at both sites by aerial deposition from local and regional sources. Our results suggest that nanoplastics may be a near-ubiquitous presence even in remote ecosystems. |
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Materic, Dusan Peacock, Michael Dean, Joshua Futter, Martyn Maximov, Trofim Moldan, Filip Röckmann, Thomas Holzinger, Rupert |
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Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters |
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Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters |
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Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters |
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Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters |
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presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/27971/1/materic-d-et-al-220523.pdf Materic, Dusan and Peacock, Michael and Dean, Joshua and Futter, Martyn and Maximov, Trofim and Moldan, Filip and Röckmann, Thomas and Holzinger, Rupert (2022). Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters. Environmental Research Letters. 17 :5 , 054036 [Research article] |
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